On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:20:59 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I still go down and fly two or three times a year. My medical expired
long ago, so I always go up with an instructor. I usually just fly the
pattern several times, practicing landings, then get bored and go home.

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To me the best part of flying in a small plane is sight seeing on a
nice day. You're close enough that you could fly out over the Cape
and on to Nantucket or the Vineyard. I used to have friends in
Stamford, CT who would sometimes fly out to Nantucket for Sunday
brunch on a nice winter day.